1070
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| Thai solar calendar | 1612–1613 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1196 or 815 or 43 — to — 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1197 or 816 or 44 |
Year 1070 (MLXX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1070th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 70th year of the 2nd millennium, the 70th year of the 11th century, and the 1st year of the 1070s
Events
- Spring – King Sweyn II joins the English rebels, led by Hereward (the Wake), and captures the Isle of Ely (located in The Fens) in East Anglia. Hereward sacks Peterborough Abbey in support with Sweyn's Danes.[1]
- Harrying of the North: King William I (the Conqueror) quells rebellions in the north of England, following an invasion by Sweyn II. Widespread famine follows the devastation wrought.[2]
- April 11 – Archbishop of Canterbury Stigand is deposed.
- May 1 – After 353 years of being exiled to Lugo due to the muslim ocupation of the city of Braga, the Archdiocese of Braga is restored by order of Ferdinand I of León under Archbishop D. Pedro of Braga thanks to the advancing christian forces during the Reconquista.
- June – Denmark signs a treaty with England; Sweyn II and his forces leave the country.[1]
- An invasion of England by Malcolm III of Scotland is repelled.[1]
- A successful Byzantine counter-attack drives the Seljuq Turks across the Euphrates.
- Bergen is founded by King Olaf III of Norway; it will function as the main city and capital of Norway, until it is replaced by Oslo in 1314.
- Chinese Chancellor Wang Anshi starts the Xining Reforms (which last until 1085).
- Jews from Rouen in Normandy settle in England, at the invitation of King William I.[4]
- The Temple of Literature, Hanoi, is established in Hanoi, capital of Vietnam.
- Yusuf Khass Hajib of Balasagun, in the Kara-Khanid Khanate, completes the Kutadgu Bilig ("The Wisdom Which Brings Good Fortune"), and presents it to the prince of Kashgar.
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- Canterbury Cathedral in England is rebuilt, following a fire.[5]
- The rebuilding of York Minster in England begins.[1]
- Construction of Richmond Castle in North Yorkshire, England, by Alan Rufus begins.
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Births
- Allucio of Campugliano, Italian diplomat (d. 1134)
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- Buthaina bint al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, Al-Andalus poet
- Coloman (the Learned), king of Hungary (d. 1116)
- Eupraxia of Kiev, Holy Roman Empress (d. 1109)
- Lorraine(d. 1117)
- Giso IV, count of Gudensberg (approximate date)
- Gualfardo of Verona, Italian trader and hermit (d. 1127)
- Guerric of Igny, French abbot (approximate date)
- Henry I (the Elder), German nobleman (d. 1103)
- Hugues de Payens, French knight (approximate date)
- John Komnenos, Byzantine aristocrat and official
- Lothair Udo III, margrave of the Nordmark (d. 1106)
- Meinhard I, German nobleman (approximate date)
- Otto (the Rich), German nobleman (approximate date)
- Ralph of Pont-Echanfray, Norman knight (d. 1120)
- Ramiro Sánchez, Spanish nobleman (approximate date)
- Ranulf le Meschin, 3rd Earl of Chester (d. 1129)
- Rostislav Vsevolodovich, Kievan prince (d. 1093)
- Sancho Nunes de Barbosa, Portuguese nobleman (d. 1130)
- Tescelin le Roux, Burgundian knight (approximate date)
- Thurstan, archbishop of York (approximate date)
- William de Corbeil, archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1136)
- William of Champeaux, French philosopher (d. 1121)
Deaths
- March 6 – Ulric I (or Oldaric), margrave of Carniola
- April 14 – Gerard (the Great), duke of Lorraine
- June 12 – Guido of Acqui (or Wido), Italian bishop
- July 6
- Godelieve, Flemish saint (approximate date)
- Said al-Andalusi, Taghlib Arab astronomer (b. 1029)
- July 17 – Baldwin VI (the Good), count of Flanders
- Abu 'Ubayd al-Juzjani, Persian physician and chronicler
- Athirajendra Chola, Indian ruler of the Chola Empire
- Áurea of San Millán, Spanish anchorite (b. 1043)
- Bisantius Guirdeliku, Italian nobleman (patrikios)
- Filarete of Calabria, Sicilian monk and saint
- Hārūn ibn Malik al-Turk, Turkic military leader
- Theobald of Dorat, French monk and saint (b. 990)
- Vigrahapala III, Indian ruler of the Pala Empire
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ "British History Timeline, Norman Britain, BBC". Retrieved December 23, 2007.
- ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ William of Malmesbury.
- ^ "The History of Canterbury Cathedral". Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. Retrieved December 23, 2007.
- ^ Adam of Bremen. Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum.